Alan Charlton
Alan Charlton (born 1948 in Sheffield, England) is a British conceptual artist. He lives and works in London. The constant characteristics of Charlton's work, such as the use of grey and the definition of the geometry of forms, are summarised in the statement: "I am an artist who makes a grey painting".
Also recorded as Alan Charleton
Alan Charlton
- Born
- 1948. · Sheffield.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom.
- Languages
- English.
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Speaking of his work in an interview, the artist explains: "Paintings are always made in the same way. The size is 4.5 cm, the canvas is always the same type of cotton and the color is always gray.
The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Work by Alan Charlton is recorded in the collections of Tate, Museum of Modern Art, Kröller-Müller Museum, Art Gallery of New South Wales and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
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